Indigenous tribes grapple with wildfires and deforestation in the Amazon

Indigenous Paulo Marcos Tupxi visits his people's land to see the results of a wildfire which burned the foresmore

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2019年 9月 5日 Thursday

Indigenous Paulo Marcos Tupxi visits his people's land to see the results of a wildfire which burned the forest in Manoki land, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, August 28, 2019. Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged in number by 83% this year, according to government data, destroying vast swathes of a vital bulwark against global climate change.
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A Kayabi indigenous young man climbs a tree to harvest acai on the outskirts of Juara, Mato Grosso state, Brazmore

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A Kayabi indigenous young man climbs a tree to harvest acai on the outskirts of Juara, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 1, 2019. Some 60% of the forest is located in Brazil, the biggest share of the world's largest rainforest. The Amazon is also home to around 1 million people who are members of 500 indigenous groups.
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A firefighter from ABAFA Amazonia operation puts out a fire in a forest in the city of Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosmore

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A firefighter from ABAFA Amazonia operation puts out a fire in a forest in the city of Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosso, Brazil September 4, 2019. Some 2,472.91 square miles (6,404.8 square kilometers) have been despoiled, double the area felled at this point last year and larger than the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon ramore

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2019年 8月 23日 Friday

Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. Brazil's conservation efforts have come under scrutiny this year amid the worst fires in the Amazon since 2010. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has called for rolling back conservation rules to allow more development of the region's natural resources and has argued that the forest needs to be exploited.
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An Indigenous man from the Mura tribe paints his face in Itaparana village near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazimore

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An Indigenous man from the Mura tribe paints his face in Itaparana village near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. As a far-right Congressman and presidential candidate, Bolsonaro drew headlines for his disparaging comments regarding Indian tribes, and as president he has said that too much of the country's territory is unproductive because indigenous tribes have special rights.
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A sign reads "Private property, allowed people only, fishing and hunting prohibited" in Manoki demarcated land, which had a wildfire a week earlier, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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Turu, an Arara indigenous cacique, walks near logs he said were illegally felled at the village of Arado near more

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Turu, an Arara indigenous cacique, walks near logs he said were illegally felled at the village of Arado near Altamira, Para state, Brazil, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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Manoel Kanunxi, chief of the Manoki indigenous people, points to the location of his people's land that was bumore

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Manoel Kanunxi, chief of the Manoki indigenous people, points to the location of his people's land that was burnt, on a map drawn in dirt, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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An aerial view shows the village of Arado, where Arara indigenous people live in, near Altamira, Para state, Bmore

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An aerial view shows the village of Arado, where Arara indigenous people live in, near Altamira, Para state, Brazil, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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A Myky indigenous man passes near a wildfire on his way to hunt on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso stamore

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A Myky indigenous man passes near a wildfire on his way to hunt on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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An Indigenous named Pedro Mura from the Mura tribe reacts in front of a deforested area in nondemarcated indigmore

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An Indigenous named Pedro Mura from the Mura tribe reacts in front of a deforested area in nondemarcated indigenous land, near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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A firefighter from ABAFA Amazonia operation puts out a fire in the city of Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosso, Brazil Smore

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A firefighter from ABAFA Amazonia operation puts out a fire in the city of Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosso, Brazil September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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A fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle in Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosso, Brazil September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Amanmore

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A fire burns a tract of the Amazon jungle in Uniao do Sul, Mato Grosso, Brazil September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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An indigenous girl from the Parintintin tribe sits on a cut tree trunk in Traira village near Humaita, Amazonamore

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An indigenous girl from the Parintintin tribe sits on a cut tree trunk in Traira village near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 16, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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An indigenous man from the Mura tribe holds a butterfly in Itaparana village near Humaita, Amazonas State, Bramore

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An indigenous man from the Mura tribe holds a butterfly in Itaparana village near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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A Kayabi indigenous man is seen in his village with his bow and arrow and fight ornaments, on the outskirts ofmore

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A Kayabi indigenous man is seen in his village with his bow and arrow and fight ornaments, on the outskirts of Juara, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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Turu, an Arara indigenous cacique, is pictured near logs he said were illegally felled at the village of Aradomore

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Turu, an Arara indigenous cacique, is pictured near logs he said were illegally felled at the village of Arado near Altamira, Para state, Brazil, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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Manoki indigenous people walk past a traditional house in Cravari village on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato more

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Manoki indigenous people walk past a traditional house in Cravari village on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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An Arara indigenous girl stands beside her hammock at the village of Arado, near Altamira, Para state, Brazil,more

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An Arara indigenous girl stands beside her hammock at the village of Arado, near Altamira, Para state, Brazil, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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Kayabi indigenous children practice with bows and arrows in their village on the outskirts of Juara, Mato Grosmore

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Kayabi indigenous children practice with bows and arrows in their village on the outskirts of Juara, Mato Grosso state, Brazil September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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An Indigenous named Raimundo Praia Mura from the Mura tribe reacts in front of a deforested area in unmarked imore

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An Indigenous named Raimundo Praia Mura from the Mura tribe reacts in front of a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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Indigenous people from the Mura tribe react in front of a deforested in unmarked indigenous lands near Humaitamore

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Indigenous people from the Mura tribe react in front of a deforested in unmarked indigenous lands near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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Manoki children are seen during a Manoki traditional language class in Cravari indigenous village on the outskmore

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Manoki children are seen during a Manoki traditional language class in Cravari indigenous village on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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Manoki indigenous girls are seen during a ritual for jungle and Amazonia, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato more

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2019年 9月 6日 Friday

Manoki indigenous girls are seen during a ritual for jungle and Amazonia, on the outskirts of Brasnorte, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

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Indigenous people from the Mura tribe shows a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands near Humaita, Amazomore

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Indigenous people from the Mura tribe shows a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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Southeast Asia has suffered for years from annual bouts of smoke caused by slash-and-burn clearances of forests for farms and palm oil plantation land, raising worries about public health and the impact on tourism.

An unprecedented surge in wildfires has occurred since Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January vowing to develop the Amazon region for farming and mining, ignoring international concern over increased deforestation.